Upcoming Comics: December 5th, 2012

Ready to take a break from your The Dark Knight RisesBlu-ray/DVD watching and get back to some comics? Good! This week we have a Batman villain get-together in Detective Comics, Batwing goes through damage control as it changes writers mid-arc, and Legends of the Dark Knight promises to be another great break from New 52 continuity.

Here’s a list of all the Batman comics coming out this week, December 5th, graded on a scale of my own anticipation.

Scroll to the bottom of the page and post in the comments section what books you’re most looking forward to this week!

December 5th

DETECTIVE COMICS #15

Written by JOHN LAYMAN

Art by JASON FABOK

Backup story art by ANDY CLARKE

Cover by GREG CAPULLO

1:25 B&W Variant cover by GREG CAPULLO

40 pg, $3.99 US • RATED T

Combo pack edition: $4.99 US

Anticipation Level: Bring it.

This issue is absolutely packed with villains. Not only is it a Death of the Family tie-in with the Joker, but it promises to feature the Penguin, Poison Ivy, and Clayface as well. John Layman and Jason Fabok have been doing a great job with their run so far so I’m looking forward to this one.

BATWING #15

Written by FABIAN NICIEZA

Art by MARCUS TO and RYAN WINN

Cover by MARCUS TO

32 pg, $2.99 US • RATED T

Anticipation Level: None.

Judd Winick has left the Batwing title without finishing up the three-part Father Lost arc leaving the new series writer, Fabian Nicieza, to clean things up here in the final installment. There’s apparently a fill-in artist on this one as well so the whole thing sounds like a comic that nobody was passionate about making which means I couldn’t really care less about it either. Here’s hoping Fabian Nicieza pulls this story out of a nosedive.

LEGENDS OF THE DARK KNIGHT #3

Written by STEVE NILES

Art by TREVOR HAIRSINE

Cover by MARCUS TO

40 pg, $3.99 US • RATED T

Anticipation Level: TAKE MY MONEY

Another Joker story?! Trust me, it’s going to be okay. I remember reading this one when it came out digitally and thinking the same thing but it turns out that placing this Joker story immediately after last month’s is perfect timing. I can’t wait to read this again.

GRAPHIC NOVEL WATCH!

Batman: No Man’s Land, Vol. 4

This TPB goes on sale for $34.99 this Wednesday and collects BATMAN CHRONICLES #18, BATMAN #572-574, DETECTIVE COMICS #739-741, BATMAN: LEGENDS OF THE DARK KNIGHT #125-126, ROBIN #73, BATMAN: SHADOW OF THE BAT #93-94, AZRAEL: AGENT OF THE BAT #59-61, CATWOMAN #75-77, NIGHTWING #38-39 and BATMAN: NO MAN’S LAND #0. I’ll review it as soon as I can just like I did volumes 1-3.